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US 2020/0346532 A1Published application
Device for a vehicle roof, and method for operating a device for a vehicle roof
AssigneeWebasto SE
InventorsIngo TEUFEL, Björn PLUCIENNIK
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Abstract
A device for a vehicle roof may have a guide element with a slideway, a bolt which can be displaced relative to the guide element and can be guided thereby on the slideway. The bolt and the guide element have a common contact area which may be formed by a protrusion on the bolt and the slideway, the protrusion being configured to introduce a corresponding notch into the slideway during the displacement along the slideway.
Claims11
A device for a vehicle roof, comprising:
- a guide element with a slideway,
- a bolt which can be displaced relative to the guide element and is guided thereby on the slideway,
- the bolt and the guide element having a common contact area which is formed by a protrusion on the bolt and the slideway, the protrusion being configured to introduce a corresponding notch into the slideway during the displacement along the slideway.
A method for operating a device for a vehicle roof, comprising:
- providing of a guide element with a slideway and of a bolt with a protrusion,
- displacing the bolt along the slideway, the protrusion being in contact with the slideway, and, as a result, and
- forming of a notch in the slideway, said notch corresponding to the protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.